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    The Birth of Britain's "Commando" Units

    After the Dunkirk evacuation, the British military needed a new approach. Its resident wizard was called to devise a scheme.

    September 5, 2024  By Robert Hutton
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    Peace, Love, and Understanding: Inside the Woodstock's "Peace Force"

    Marcy McCreary talks with Nick Chiarkas, one of the off-duty cops who helped keep the peace during the three day festival

    August 15, 2024  By Marcy McCreary
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    Dirty Diamonds: How Post-Soviet Kleptocrats Looted Russia's Deep Diamond Deposits

    For decades, diamond conglomerates paid the USSR to keep diamonds in the ground. Then, the Cold War ended.

    August 9, 2024  By David Junk
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    March 31, 1985: The Day That Tore San Diego Apart

    "Two white San Diego Police officers followed a pickup truck with seven young Black men up a long dirt driveway in the Southeast neighborhood of Encanto. Minutes later, something terrible happened."

    July 26, 2024  By Peter Houlahan
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    Is History Only For Historical Novels?

    Five ways to use the past in contemporary crime fiction.

    July 22, 2024  By Connie Berry
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    How the Underworld Exploited Jewish Women in Turn of the Century New York

    On the East Side, women from the garment industry were targets in an evolving system of crime and exploitation.

    July 16, 2024  By Dan Slater
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    Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Woman Who Organized 19th Century New York's Criminal Underworld

    Margalit Fox's new book puts a spotlight on a forgotten trailblazer of crime.

    July 11, 2024  By Margalit Fox
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    In the Lion’s Mouth: The Spymasters of the Venetian Republic

    Alyssa Palombo on Venetian power and the strange system that kept it all going.

    July 11, 2024  By Alyssa Palombo
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    How to Turn Surprising Historical Facts Into Compelling Historical Fiction 

    Kate Quinn on gathering material for great historical mysteries.

    July 10, 2024  By Kate Quinn
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    Margalit Fox on the Woman Who Organized Theft in 19th Century New York

    The woman at the center of Fox's new book, Fredericka Mandelbaum, built her own "crooked ladder."

    July 8, 2024  By Kevin Canfield
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